B53.0
Plasmodium ovale malaria
Billable
Code Hierarchy
B53B53.0
Chapter: 1. Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
Section: B50-B64 - Protozoal diseases
Coding Guidelines
Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)
These codes should never be used together with B53.0
- Plasmodium ovale with Plasmodium falciparum (B50.-)
- Plasmodium ovale with Plasmodium malariae (B52.-)
- Plasmodium ovale with Plasmodium vivax (B51.-)
